I was so psyched about Jenny Odell’s fantastic interview with NPR’s Think with Krys Boyd that I had to share it with our dedicated Mobiers. Here’s the first snippet of conversation… Read more »

J.J. Mulligan Sepúlveda, author of No Human is Illegal, appeared on In The Moment with Lori Walsh this week to discuss his new book and the national immigration debate. Read an… Read more »

The art of the Q&A has been struck a blow by the announcement that Interview, the magazine known for pairing conversations between celebrities and icons with high-minded portrait photography, is folding.… Read more »

For one thing, they don’t let the market go out of control. They think that the market is a useful and flexible instrument, as long as it’s supervised in such a… Read more »

In case you missed it, Kirkus recently sat down with none other than Dennis Loy Johnson, Melville House’s co-founder and co-director (the “co-” indicating, in both cases, his collaboration with the equally redoubtable Valerie Merians). There’d be… Read more »

CAConrad has seen trouble before. A self-described “son of white trash asphyxiation,” the celebrated Philadelphian has lived, as the old curse has it, in interesting times. And he’s never been shy about… Read more »

We’ve all heard Hemingway’s “Write drunk; edit sober,” and Baudelaire’s “One should always be drunk.” We’ve imagined our favorite writers at typewriters with highballs or with rings of wine on… Read more »

Today is the 77th anniversary of Georges Perec’s birth on March 7, 1936. He had a pleasant voice. (Maybe it’s the French accent.) You can listen to it in this… Read more »